Carpet-fastening device



(. W. RATHJENS.

CARPET FASTENING oEvlcE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. Il, |921.

1,401,490. Patented Dea. 27, 1921.

@To all whom fitmaq/ conce/ra:

UNITED STATES PATENT orifice.'

GEORGE w. nafrnanns, or NonroLK, NEBRASKA.

cAnrnT-Fnsrnnino nevica.

Be it known that Gnonen lV. RA'rrIJnNe, `a citizen oit the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Madison `and State ofNebrasla, have invented certain new and usetul improvements `in CarpetFastemng y Devices, of which the :following is a specification.

My invention relates to carpet' fastening devices and it has for its `principal object the provision of a new and improved form and arrangement of `parts by which a carpet or other Hoor covering may be securely held in position upon a `floor of concretel or other hard material,`which will not receive and `hold a nail or tack. The pre'lerred means by which I have accomplished my object are illustrated in the after specifically drawing and are "herein-` described. That which I believe to be` new, and desire to cover by` Letters lzatent is set forth in the claims In the drawing,

l. Figure 1 is airagmentary View, partly in Section and partly broken away, showing my improved device in use for atta-ching` acarpet to a loor. y

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of my improved construction, being partly in scction. y

Y Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through two alined portions of my improved attach ing means held in position upona ilioor by a.

single securing means.

Fig. 4 is a top pla-n view showing the form of securing means employed at a corner ot a room; y

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but `showing a modilied form of structure; and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing a slightly modified lorm of construction. y

` Referring to the drawings, in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters, l() indicates a floor ot concrete or similar material, with a wallll rising from one edge thereof. In Fig. l, a carpet or rug l2 is shown secured in position along one wall 11 by the use ot my improved attaching means, padding 13 of: any suitable type being shown as interposed between the rug or carpet l2 and the. floor 10. As. is best fshown in Fig. 2, my improved fastening de- `receive and `hold a nail-or a'tacli in por i t, l* or securing the nailing strip more lo rather than. at the corner,

side of `the room adjacent to the p `ySpecification of Letters Patent. 'Pgjlnljnted DQ@ 27, 1921. Application filed `)ebruary1*1, 1921. Serial No. M4318.

metal having inw: rdly extending ilanges l at the upper edges et the side members..

The channel member ll, formed in this 'lhs-nailing strip is preferably :termed oi thinshcets ot wood., but it may be :termed of any other suitable material which will l v L .y in position, and tor bracing and holdin, the

1 T7. channel Al/.l in normal shape, l have provided a plurality ot ties lf)` which `are secured in position by soldering, or by any other suitable process. y

My improved fastening devices are held in position upon the floor l() by the use oi. llanged caps 2O fitting snugly upon the channel members lll. es is shown in Fig. 3, one of the caps 20`is adapted to secure in position the adjacent ends ot two alined fastening devices,"or itmay be used ttor securing `tlie'end oi a single fastening device.

a n s ce p 20 is socurcdin position by means oi in expansion bolt construction, sncli as is shown in Fig. 2l, or by any other.a suitable nier is, as

may be desired. lin the construction shown, a screw oi' bolt 2l, passing through a sniti able opening in the cap 20, is secured in the Hoor l0 by means oi' two lluted or corrugated bloclrs or sliell members 22, ot well known construction. es is shown in Fig. di,

a special cap 26L used at each cornerot the room adapted ior use with the converging fastening devices, a washer 20 being used preferably beneath the cap for supporting it evenly in position. In the inodiied ormof securing cap shown in Fig. 5, the screw 2l is located inside ot the angle ot the strips with the result 'that one ot the strips can be extended to the corner for securing the corner ot the carpet.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6, a channel member 23 oli' slightly modified torni is employed, in which the channel member is given a. triangular shape in cross section, the inwardly extending A[lange 24 beine; termed at the upper edge oi: the side meniber, while Vthe inwardly extending flange 25 ion. i

building thefloor,

l l'plied to a floor of concrete'in the process of and which is'suitable also for application toa lloor after the completion of thefioor. By the use of a metal channel member, the desired rigidity is provided, and bythe provision of the nailing strip of Wood Vorl other -ibrous material, the desired facility in the use of the device is secured.

While I have shown a channel member un- 1 y' broken from .end to end with continuous flange and Web/portions throughout, it will be understood'that I do not Wish to be restricted'to the use of this particular form of channel Vmember,Y strictly speaking, the important feature being that the sro-called channel member shall extend about the nailing strip to 1a Vsufficient extent and shall effecits length 'desired reinforcement and may be secured in vtively embrace and surround the nailing strip alonU a sufficiently great proportion of :that the strip shan be given the position through the vmedium of such reinforcing member.

I claim: Y Y

lfAd'evice of the class'described, comprising a metallic channel Vmember and aI rnailing strip secured in said channel member.

.2. A device of the class described comprising a flattened tubular'member, open on its upper face along a part of its length, and a strippositioned Withinsaid member for rey ceiving and retaining a nail.

3. A device of the class described comprising a metallic channel .member having inwardly turned flanges `along its open face,

. respectively,

and a nailing strip positioned in said channel and held in position by said llanges.

4. A device of the class described comprising a metallic channel member, and a nailing stripl comprising a plurality of plies secured in said channel member.

5. A device of the class described comprising a sheet-metal channel member, a nailing strip in said channel member, and ties extending across the opening of said member serving to reinforce the channel member and to hold the nailing strip in position therein.

6. A device of the class described comprising a metallic channel member, a nailing strip secured in said channel member, a flanged cap i'itted on the outer faces of the sides of said channel member, and means for securing said cap to a floor for holding` the channel member in position.

7 A device of the class described, comprising a nailing strip which is adapted to receive and retain a nail, a metallic member embracing said nailing strip for reinforcing and strengthening it, and means for secu ri ng said metallic member to a Hoor.

8. Carpet fastening means comprising two nailing strips at an angle. to each other, acap having tvvo arms engaging said tivo strips each of said a'rms having a flange engaging the outer edge of one of said strips, and means for securing said cap to a floor for holding the strips in position.

9. Carpet fasteningmeans comprising a nailing strip, a second nailing strip abutting at its end against said first named strip, a cap having two arms engagii'ig said strips, respectively, each of said arms having a flange on its end portion engaging the outer lface of one of said strips, and means for securing said cap to a floor for holding the strips in position, said securing means being positioned within the angle of the converging end portions of said strips.

GEORGE W. RATHJENS. 

